In all of medieval Britain there is no more valiant warrior than Uhtred. A gifted and experienced commander, he shed a lot of blood for the sake of the powers that be, but now that the English kingdoms have concluded a truce, the time has come to fight for their own ideals. For a long time, Uhtred has had one dream: to return his ancestral nest - the fortress of Bebbanburg, which was taken from him by treachery. As rumor claims, this great stronghold can only be taken through betrayal or starvation, and so considerable military forces have been drawn to the walls of the fortress. The anticipation of victory intoxicates Uhtred, who is confident in himself and his army, but the unexpected invasion of a new enemy, the powerful Scottish king, changes his plans... The shaky British peace threatens to turn into another bloody war. The tenth novel from the “Saxon Chronicles” series. For the first time in Russian!